NACCE Names New Board Members

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP NAMES NEW BOARD
MEMBERS

Presidents from Community Colleges Join NACCE Leadership Team

SPRINGFIELD, MA – May 15,
2012 – The National
Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s
leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community
colleges, has announced the addition of three new members to its board of
directors. The new board members are: Cris Valdez, president of Edison
Community College in Piqua, OH; Edwin Massey, president of Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce, FL; and Susan May, president, Fox Valley Technical
College, Appleton, WI.

"I
am pleased that Cristobal Valdez, Edwin Massey, and Susan May have accepted our
invitation to join the NACCE Board of Directors,” said Ron Thomas, chairman of
the NACCE board and president of Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount,
MN. "They bring insight and a great deal of experience to the fast-paced world
of entrepreneurship development at our community colleges. The NACCE vision of
creating economic vitality through entrepreneurship has never been more vibrant
than it is today. With the addition of our new board members, NACCE will
continue to be front and center in the quest to support entrepreneurship across
the country.”

Valdez
became president of Edison Community College in 2011, having previously served
as provost of the Detroit Lakes and Wadena campuses of the Minnesota State
Community and Technical College. He is a long-time NACCE member and was
formerly a columnist for NACCE’s quarterly journal. Massey has been president
of Indian River State College since 1988; he recently oversaw the development
and opening of the college’s new Brown Center for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship. May has been president of Fox Valley Technical College since
2008; the college’s Venture Center offers a full array of educational programs
and services for entrepreneurs and small business owners. All three new board
members are also members of NACCE’s new President
for Entrepreneurship Forum, through which they’ve signed on to five
commitments designed to spur entrepreneurship in their communities.

About NACCE

NACCE,
which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is an organization
of educators, entrepreneurs, and distinguished business development
professionals providing quality programs and services in entrepreneurship
education and serving as advocates of community-based entrepreneurship
education. Founded in 2002, NACCE is at the heart of the "entrepreneurship
movement.”

Through membership, an annual conference and exhibition, quarterly
journal, monthly webinars and podcasts, a dynamic list-serv, and other
resources, NACCE serves as the hub for the dissemination and integration of
knowledge and successful practices regarding entrepreneurship education and
student business incubation. These programs and the courses advance economic
prosperity in the communities served by its member colleges. NACCE is a founding member of the White
House-led Startup America Partnership.

For more information, visit http://www.nacce.com. Follow NACCE on Twitter at @NACCE and like the NACCE – National Association for Community College
Entrepreneurship page on Facebook.